Improvement in balffig-peess



gleiten grains ste-,ni @frn4 WILLIAM SMITH, OF AB'ERDEEN, INDIANA. LaimPatent No. 66,404, ma .my 2, 1867;

IMPROVEMENT IN BALING-PRESS.

T0 ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.

Bc it known that I, WILLIAM B. SMITH, of Aherdeciwin the county 'ofOhio, and State of Indiana, have invented a new and improvedDaling-Press; and I do hereby declare that' the following is a full,clear, and. exact descriptionl thereof, which will enable lthose skilledin the art to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which-Figure l representsa plan or top View of my improved baling-press.

Figure 2, a sectional elevation, the plane of section being indicated bythe line z x, iig. 1.

Figure 3 is a horizontal section taken through the line y y, ig.,2.

Figure 4 is a portion of a side elevation partly in section.

4liigure 5 is a `horizontal section taken through the line z z, fig. 2.i

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to a baling-press of that class in which thc hay,cotton, or other article to be baled is held in place by a followerwhile itis being operated upon by a beater, both the follower and beatermoving in a horizontal direction. -The invention consists, first, in anew device for operating and releasing the follower; second, in a newarrangement for operating the beater, which is done by attaching the`beater to a weighted rocking-frame and winding a rope attached to thesaid frame around a capstan, whereby the beater is drawn ing therocking-frame from the bapstan.

The press A, which consists of the follower B, the beater C, thcstationary side walls D andfD, and the cover E, is firmly secured to awooden bed-piece, F. Access to the press is had through' the doors c inthe cover and d in the side D. Through these doors the hay, cotton,hemp, or other article which is to Vbe baled is placed Within the press.The follower B is connected to a long lever, G, by links b '6. TheleverG swings on the pin g, as seen in 6g. 1. To the other end of thelever are attached the ropes gl and g2'. `The rope g1 is secured to thelever by means of staples, or other devices, and is then passed over apulley, f,at the rear, and is then attached to a drum,f, which playsloosely around the shaft of` the capstan H. The ropc gl, asis thusseen,`

will, when wound around th drum j, draw. the follower B backl from thehay, while the ropeg, which is attached to the bed-plate Fin front ofthe lever, and passed over a pulley, g, onthe lever, and wound around adrum,f2, on the` capstan, will, when wound up, press the followeragainst the-hay. The drumsj'1 andf2, bo'th of which play loose aroundthe shaft of the capstan, are operated only when thrown in gear withthe'windlass 7i by means of, a clutch, It. The drumsfl andf2 areprovided with flanges at their top and bottom, their respective bottomand top flanges are made in the shape of cams, as seen in.g. 3. Theclutch L, when brought into contact with either of these cams, throwsthe drum, of which the lcam is part,`into gear, whereby the follower isoperated in the desired direction. The beater C is connected by means ofalink, c, to the triangular rocking-frame I. The latter swings on pinsz', and is held by them to the stationary frame K. A rope, z", which isattached to the upper swinging end of the rocking-frame, passes overpulleys z', and is then attached to a collar, l, which plays looselyaround the upper part of the capstan H. The collar Zis provided with asmall projection, Z, and is operated by apcatch or pawl, c,`which ispivoted to a flange, K', of the capstan. This catch is heaviest belowits fulcrum, so that it will always hang down4 vertically by its ownaccord; When the capstan is turned by the power applied to the lever L,the said catcli will come in contact with the projection Z on the collarZ, andpush the same around, thereby winding up the cord'z" and drawingthe beater h acl from thc hay. The lower end of.

the pawl K will then come in contact with the incline m, and will bethrown out of connection with the collar I, when the beater C will bevehemently thrown against the hay by means of a weight, M, attachedtothe rockingframe, (seen in fig. 2.) When the hay is pressed enough thebeater is secured in place by two catches d fitting into appropriatenotches in the sides of`thebeater.

With thispress I can press hay, hemp, and other articlesV with a smallernumber of revolutions of the windlass than could heretofore ,be done.Furthermore, I combine, by means of the weight' on the rocking-frame,the advantages of horizontal'and vertical presses, and I save much laborby being enabled to place my Vpress down upon the ground. whereby thehay need not be thrown to a height of from four to five/feet into thepress.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patentp 1. The arrangement of the drums fl andfz, clutch h',ropes g and g", pulleysf and g3, lever-G, and links b b, for the purposeof operating the follower B, substantially as and in themrmner hereinshown and described:

2. 'I claim the arrangement of the collar z', rope i', pulleys 1'",rocking-frame I, weight M, and linkc, for the purpose of operating thebeater C, substantially in the manner herein shown and described.

3. .I claim the combination of the collar l, projection Z', and catch Kwith the incline m, substantially in the .manner and for the purposeherein shown and described.

WILLIAM B. SMITH.

Witnesses:

O. H. SMITH, CUNNINGHAM SMITH.

